barefoot shoes

Lynda Williams writing in Medwire reported, "Shoes designed to mimic barefoot movement of the feet may be able to adjust gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis and reduce pain, preliminary research suggests." Investigators found that "six months of wearing the flexible lightweight shoes, designed with grooves in the major foot flexion points, led to a decrease in knee loading even when patients returned to using regular shoes." MedWire added, "This suggests that the 'non-custom footwear functioned as a biomechanical training device to beneficially alter gait mechanics,' say Najia Shakoor and co-authors, from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois." The findings were published in Arthritis and Rheumatism.
Comment: I have a pair of these. Don't wear them much. My wife says they look dorky.

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